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Stratford Festival review: Why We Tell The Story's thunderous debut On its first opening night after a 16-month hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stratford Festival presented its cabaret, Why We Tell The Story: A Celebration of Black Musical Theatre. Author of the article: Galen Simmons  •  Stratford Beacon Herald Publishing date: Jul 14, 2021  •  19 hours ago  •  2 minute read  •  Neema Bickersteth co-stars in Stratford Festival's Why We Tell the Story cabaret, which opened Tuesday. (David Hou/Stratford Festival) Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and ...

Article content We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Cabaret celebrating Black musical theatre opens 2021 Stratford Festival Tuesday Back to video A big Shakespearean production will not launch the Festival in 2021. Instead, a celebration of Black musical theatre directed and curated by singer and actor Marcus Nance will get the Festival underway on its 68th anniversary July 13. “I think it’s quite an honour,” Nance said Friday. “Especially after we’ve been through this emotional conversation about Black lives mattering, and about George Fl...

Article content The Festival’s highly anticipated 2021 season will officially open under an outdoor canopy on Tuesday, and it just so happens the company’s highly anticipated return won’t be the only thing worthy of a celebration. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Stratford Festival's return offers excitement and a bit of serendipity Back to video July 13 will also be the 68th anniversary of the Festival’s first show, a historic performance of Shakespeare’s Richard III starring Alec Guinness that, coincidentally, also took place under a...

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